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Tuck School of Business ranks fifth in Forbes list

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Forbes ranked the Tuck School of Business fifth in its 2015 and 2017 lists of best U.S. business schools.

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Last month, the Tuck School of Business placed fifth in Forbes’ biennial ranking of U.S. business schools, consistent with its 2015 ranking and an improvement from its 2013 ranking of sixth.

Fo r b e s r a n k e d t h e Wharton School at the

University of Pennsylvania as the best business school in the country, followed by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Forbes surveyed members of the Class of 2012 from business schools throughout the U.S. The schools were ranked based on the median

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return on investment of graduates.

To determine graduates’ return on investment, Forbes accounted for their pre- and post-MBA compensation, which includes salary, bonuses, exercised stock options as well as their “opportunity cost,” including tuition and two years of foregone income.

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Baker-Berry Library will host an opening ceremony today for Dartmouth’s annual Open Access Week, an international celebration promoting unrestricted access to published scholarly research and academic journals online.

The ceremony begins a week of lectures and workshops focusing on various topics related to online research access, according to digital

The American Council on Education sent a letter to top leaders in Congress on Oct. 19 urging them to protect those affected by the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. The letter was initially signed by nearly 800 colleges and universities, and Dartmouth signed on to the letter on Oct. 23.

“As far as I know, we, ACE, became aware that Dartmouth wanted to sign on [Monday], but for all I know [the College] may have tried to sign on earlier and just for whatever reasons — a glitch in the system, I have no idea — it didn’t get to us,” said Jonathan Riskind, ACE assistant vice president of public affairs, though he could not confirm the specific reason why Dartmouth signed on yesterday rather than on the

Oct. 19 publication date.

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email statement that the signatures are acquired through “an automated form, and [the College] thought we had already submitted it.” She noted that College President Phil Hanlon sent President Donald Trump a letter on Sept. 1 asking him to continue DACA and joined several statements with college and university presidents in support of DACA, including a Nov. 21, 2016 letter co-signed by more than 600 other university presidents.

“It is important to take every opportunity to defend and advocate for DACA,” Lawrence wrote.

ACE solicits signatures through a “long and complicated” process, though Riskind could not specify the timeline for this SEE DACA PAGE 3

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scholarship librarian and event organizer Jennifer Green.

“Open Access Week celebrates and advocates for open access to information and scholarship so that we can share important research and work that’s happening within a variety of disciplines,” Green said.

Open Access Week is celebrated at a variety of institutions around the world and is supported by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources SEE ACCESS PAGE 3

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DAily debriefing Last Friday, billionaire Tom Steyer released a television advertisement to broadcasters in New York and California calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, according to CNN. The advertisement campaign is part of Steyer’s self-funded $10 million effort to convince a Republican-controlled Congress to impeach a member of their own party. In his advertisement, Steyer claimed that members of Trump’s own administration believe that he is “mentally unstable” and a “clear and present danger” because he is armed with nuclear weapons.

“A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less,” he said in the ad.

Two weeks ago, Vanity Fair reported that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon warned Trump that the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution empowers a majority of the Cabinet to impeach a sitting president. Steyer’s advertising campaign comes amid reports that the former hedge fund manager is considering a bid for the California governorship in 2018 or the U.S. presidency in 2020.

Monday morning, students and school officials at Cornell University found anti-Semitic fliers posted across their campus, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. The posters — which have since been taken down — contained swastika-like symbols and instructed readers to “say no to Jewish lies” and “join the white gang.” Cornell University president Martha Pollack denounced the posters in a statement addressed to the campus community. “Whoever is responsible for these fliers is hiding under the cover of anonymity, having posted them overnight,” she wrote. “Whoever they are, they need to ask themselves why they chose our campus, because Cornell reviles their message of hatred...” The poster’s authors made reference to a “Solar Cross Society,” though Pollack wrote that no such organization exists at Cornell. In a statement to the university’s Jewish community, officials from Cornell Hillel wrote that police are investigating the matter and have increased patrols surrounding Jewish buildings on campus, according to The Times of Israel.

Delta Airlines recently announced that it intends to hire 1,000 new flight attendants in 2018, slightly down from the 1,200 flight attendants the airline hired last year, as reported

by CNN. So far, Delta has received 125,000 applications for the 1,000 available positions. Last year, 150,000 people applied for 1,200 spaces, yielding a hire rate of less than 1 percent — approximately one-tenth of the College’s acceptance rate for the Class of 2021. As part of last year’s application process, hiring managers invited 35,000 candidates to submit a video of themselves answering a set of questions. After this stage of the process, 6,000 applicants were invited to interview in person. A Delta spokesperson said that successful applicants are both customer service professionals and safety experts. To be considered for the entry-level position — which pays roughly $25,000 — applicants must be at least 21 years old, have a high school diploma or G.E.D. and cannot have any visible tattoos.

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Tuck ranked fifth in the nation for Tuck’s MBA program, said he was not surprised by the recent Gina Clark des Cognets Tu’01, Forbes ranking. He largely credited chief of staff and executive director Tuck’s ranking on the school’s in the office of the dean at Tuck, curriculum, one that focuses on noted that while potential students global experiences and experiential consider many factors when learning, he said. applying to business school, a “Lear ning the conceptual school’s ranking is one of the most underpinnings of a business and important considerations in the applying them to the practice is application process. what companies really value, so it’s “When I think about students no wonder that [Tuck graduates’] who are considering MBAs, I think payback is very good,” Kopalle said. the impact and the value of the “If you look at their salaries, they’re degree is a really all really high.” important piece Likewise, “If we do of their decision Ary praised Tuck’s m a k i n g , ” d e s something right curricular emphasis on Cognets said. “I in our program, hands-on education, think the Forbes specifically through ranking is pretty it will reflect well courses like Firsthelpful in offering in the rankings.”

Year Projects and that distinct view the OnSite Global on [Tuck’s] return Consulting program. on investment.”

-PRAVEEN KOPALLE, He said he thinks C h a r l i e A r y MBA PROGRAM that these factors Tu’18 said that help in “transitioning wh i l e r a n k i n g s ASSOCIATE DEAN [students] from the do hold some classroom into the importance for professional world.” students applying to business school, Additionally, Kopalle noted that they are not the sole factor applicants Tuck also neared fifth or sixth in use to ultimately choose a school. other national rankings done by “People look at [rankings] as one organizations like Businessweek that of the many data points they might use different metrics to consider the consider,” he explained. “For me, it success of schools. was a small piece of the whole,” he “If we do something right in our explained. program, it will reflect well in the Before Ar y committed to rankings,” he said. enrolling in the MBA program at Kopalle cited three chief Tuck, he spent time visiting the criteria as factors that he believed campus, connecting with current differentiate Tuck from similarly students and alumni. ranked institutions: its small size, its Praveen Kopalle, associate dean singular focus on its MBA program FROM TUCK PAGE 1

and the community within the school.

As the smallest institution in Forbes’ top five business schools, Kopalle noted the high amount of “per capita resources” at Tuck.

Additionally, unlike many other top business schools, including Columbia Business School and New York University Stern School of Business, Tuck offers only one degree, an MBA. This characteristic of Tuck allows the whole institution to be centered around one program, rather than having to juggle many, Kopalle said.

Kopalle cited the “fabric of Tuck,” or the tight-knit community within the institution among students, faculty and staff alike, as a unique aspect of the business school.

Similarly, des Cognets noted Tuck’s community as one of its most unique characteristics.

“Tuck has a very distinctive community here,” des Cognets said.

“Our students, staff and faculty come together in a way that creates a really trust-based environment. It allows you to push yourself to learn, grow and develop in a way that I think is unlike anywhere else.”

Ary reflected that the community at Tuck allowed for strong relationships outside of its campus. “[The] very high caliber of education in the classroom, really good relationships with professional institutions and [Tuck students] who are out in the professional world provide our students opportunities as they finish their education,” Ary said.

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Men’s hockey lost 3-0 to the USA U-18s this past Friday at home, concluding its preseason 1-1.

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College signs letter Open Access Week celebrates asking Congress for academic research accessibility permanent solution to DACA repeal FROM ACCESS PAGE 1

challenges they face, they have made incredible contributions to specific letter. He added that it is “not our country and its economy and uncommon” for ACE to add schools security. They should continue to to the letter after the publication date be able to do so. If we are unable and that ACE has added about “two to protect these Dreamers, we will be shutting the dozen” additional door to an entire signatures in the “Any school that generation of two business days individuals who since the original wants to be on the seek to contribute publication. letter, I don’t think their best to “Any school you can question America.” that wants to be ACE, which on the letter, I their commitment consists of don’t think you to Dreamers or the over 1,600 can question their U. S . m e m b e r commitment to issue.” institutions, Dreamers or the coordinated the issue,” Riskind -JONATHAN RISKIND, effort on behalf said. o f t h e P ro t e c t T h e l e t t e r AMERICAN COUNCIL Dreamers Higher came as a response ON EDUCATION E d u c a t i o n t o Tr u m p ’s Coalition, which a n n o u n c e d ASSISTANT VICE is made up of repeal of DACA PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC a variety of policy on Sept.

AFFAIRS higher education 5. Addressed to associations. The Senate Majority letter echoed one L e a d e r M i t ch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader sent by more than 800 business Chuck Schumer, House Minority and industry leaders to Congress Leader Nancy Pelosi and Speaker on Sept. 20 that encouraged a of the House Paul Ryan, the letter permanent solution to protect asked that long-term legislation be Dreamers.

On March 16, ACE sent a letter passed to protect Dreamers.

“Colleges and universities have to Trump asking him to continue seen these remarkable people DACA. The letter was co-signed up close, in our classrooms and by Dartmouth, along with about as our colleagues and friends,” 560 other universities, including the letter stated. “Despite the all of the Ivy League institutions.

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Coalition, an organization that works in educational outreach and promotion.

The first event for Dartmouth’s Open Access Week occurred last Thursday and featured director of the Irving Institute Elizabeth Wilson and University of Minnesota Law School professor Alexandra Klass.

Titled “Opening Access to Energy Use Data for the Public Good: What Is Needed to Realize the Promises of Energy System Change?” this event discussed the ownership of and access to energy data, according to Barbara DeFelice, program director for scholarly communication, copyright and publishing and event organizer.

DeFelice said that at the opening ceremony, event leaders will announce the creation of the new Dartmouth Digital Commons program, a free online publishing platform that will help faculty and students make their work more publicly available. She added that this program will target student-led publications, some of which are free but are primarily in print.

“For students, there’s this incredible opportunity if you’re interested in student-led publishing to be able to use this system,” DeFelice said.

Following the ceremony, DeFelice will co-lead a workshop, which was also offered last year, with Information Technology Services instructional designer Scott Millspaugh called “Opening Access Through Canvas Legally.” Millspaugh said running this workshop will help to address the issue of sharing copyrighted materials on Canvas, which he said many faculty are often uncertain

about.

“As an instructional designer, I get asked copyright questions all the time by the faculty with whom I work,” he said.

Millspaugh said the workshop, which is geared toward any faculty who use Canvas for their classes, will focus on the concept of “fair use” in copyright laws. In the context of sharing academic literature on Canvas, Millspaugh said, copyrighted material can still be used if some criteria are met, including using the materials only in a pedagogical context and proving the copyright owner won’t be hurt by usage of the material.

Since Canvas is by default a closed environment, Millspaugh added, that goes a long way toward proving that sharing copyrighted material constitutes fair use, but not by definition. He noted that this event is included in Open Access Week in part to address the economic forces surrounding copyrighting and the sharing of academic literature.

“The ways in which information are disseminated have been controlled by the economic concerns of print media for a very long time,” Millspaugh said.

He added that Open Access Week helps inform people that despite our society’s transition toward digital media, barriers to information still exist because some of the economic structures surrounding it have not changed.

On Wednesday, Green will co-lead a workshop titled “Managing Your Professional Identity Online,” which she said is meant to help people find their personal information online and correct any existing inaccuracies.

“That’s a workshop that we run

to address the fact that we all have an identity online, [and] whether we are managing it ourselves or not, it exists,” Green said.

Given the importance of our online identities in the digital age, Green said the workshop will focus on strategies to manage these identities in a time-effective way.

“It’s a really challenging issue for a lot of people who are busy,” Green said. “It’s hard to manage all the various places that we live online.”

In addition to these events, on Tuesday evening, Arizona State University English professor Jacqueline Wernimont will give a lecture titled “Every Step You Take: Quantum Mediations of Gender and Empire.” DeFelice and Green will colead a workshop on Thursday called “Sharing Your Work,” which DeFelice said will address issues that scholars face after publishing new materials.

Although some of the events during Open Access Week are intended for faculty, DeFelice said that students should also be concerned about these topics, because once they graduate from Dartmouth, they may not have the same access to information that the College provides them. She added that many former students engaging in research often try to contact the College library after graduating because they face toll and subscription access for research literature, which their employers may not cover.

As a result, DeFelice said the library hosts this event to raise awareness and spread the message of open access.

“Ultimately, the library’s role is to offer consultation, advice and expertise because we see these issues from a broad perspective,” DeFelice said.

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STAFF COLUMNIST CLARA CHIN ’19

CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST VALERIE TRUONG ’21

The Weinstein Affair

Fast and Furious

Sexual assault in Hollywood must stop — but how will it end?

We have a social responsibility to avoid fast fashion.

Hollywood actresses, including Asia of women in film come about because of Argento, Rose McGowan, Lupita Nyong’o issues of representation in the film industry and Mira Sorvino, recently came forward itself. Only when the issue of sexual violence accusing producer Harvey Weinstein of and unequal representation continues to be sexual assault and harassment. The media mediated in the real world can the mirror regards these cases as milestone events that of cinema follow suit. are “open[ing] the floodgates” to embolden The demands illustrated by metrics women to speak out about sexual assault. like the Bechdel test also simplify what In some ways, this is true, as many women construes a “good” female character — have come forward on social media with the essentially, powerful women like Emma words “me too” as a way to highlight the Stone’s character in “La La Land” or widespread nature of sexual violence against women in positions of power. This idea women. But the reality is that the overarching of power makes it difficult for women to issue of sexism against women in Hollywood speak out because it teaches them to avoid and beyond was already apparent, but it showing vulnerability or helplessness. was ignored until the relatively privileged When the Strong Woman becomes the started to speak up about it. Our slowness to only kind of Valued Woman, the character realize the seriousness of the issue of sexual archetype encourages women to hold harassment in Hollywood draws attention to back when it comes to opening up about a greater problem — support for feminism their experiences with sexual assault. It in the abstract, but less so when it comes to threatens to erase women who do not reality. fit into this specific Hollywood has long “Hollywood has long category, undermining been aware of sexism intended inclusivity been aware of sexism the in the industry, but it of feminism. has focused on sexism in in the industry, but it

Even when the context of fictional has focused on sexism sexual assault becomes film narratives rather a more prominent than toward the women in the context of issue in the media, it who act in such films. fictional film narratives is due to the power Instead of analyzing how of the privileged. The rather than toward films justify or critique current perception of their sexist characters, the women who act in the Weinstein allegations w e s i m p l y c a l l o u t such films.” as a watershed event for individual films instead sexual assault awareness of the industry. Sexism is reminiscent of the on- and off-screen are not way many were shocked unconnected problems, over the overt racism but calling out sexism in a world of fantasy of President Donald Trump’s presidency is easier. Metrics such as the Bechdel test when, in reality, ordinary people face small seek to highlight unequal representation on and large acts of racism every day. The screen. To pass the test, a film must have two same is true for the Hollywood problem. As women, the two women must talk to each evident in the recent “Me Too” campaign, other and they must talk to each other about sexual violence is a harsh reality for many something other than a man. As a result, women, ranging from something as small many people spend time considering the as a random man on the street calling out, undoubtedly important problem of lack of “Hey, beautiful,” to direct acts of violence. diversity of women in films, but they do so in For many who are less privileged, it may a rather simplistic way that ignores the real feel like such an unchangeable reality of issue — that these issues of representation SEE CHIN PAGE 6

The American mall is home to some of live in poverty. These stresses result in retirement our favorite retail stores. It’s where we go to around age 40. In 2013, 1,130 workers died and browse for the latest clothing trends or to try 2,500 were injured in Rana Plaza, a garment on those boots we’ve been wanting. You see factory in Bangladesh. The employees, many a shirt, try it on, decide you look dashing in of whom were women, were making clothes for it and, if you agree with the price, you buy Walmart and other Western companies when it. What rarely crosses our minds throughout the derelict eight-story building burned down this process is how that shirt was made and due to a lack of fire and safety codes. The lack who made it. After all, we worked hard for of strict and fair labor laws in these countries our money, which we have a right to exchange cause unjustified suffering and death. Although for the shirt. In this seemingly innocuous Bangladesh has recently increased its garment transaction, however, you have just been industry-specific minimum wage of about $64 unknowingly swept up into the vicious cycle a month, it is hardly a living wage; Bangladeshi of fast fashion. need about $180 per month to live on and Fast fashion is defined as the rapid creation support their families, which is almost triple and sale of the most current fashion trends. what they make in the factory.

The goal of this strategy is to expedite the Fast fashion also harms the environment. production of products so trends get to Cheap clothes allow us to buy more clothes, retailers as quickly and cheaply as possible, which inevitably leads us to dispose of incentivizing customers to return frequently. more clothes. Imagine the massive carbon Prior to the fast fashion footprint of these clothes, model, new clothing which may have started as designs emerged just a “Cheap clothes water-intensive cotton was few times a year with the allow us to buy made into fabric, sewn into arrival of each season. garments and transported Now, new and affordable more clothes, which to the store. Many of us products are introduced inevitably leads us try to do the right thing several times a week so by donating clothes we to dispose of more there is a constant flow no longer want to those in of fresh products onto clothes. Imagine need. The problem is that the clothing racks. Rather the massive carbon only about 10 percent of the than reorder items when 82 pounds of textile waste they run out, retailers, footprint of these the average American including Forever 21, clothes …” discards per year is sold in H&M, Uniqlo, Gap and thrift stores. The rest of the Zara, simply replace old clothing ends up in landfills products with new ones. or — ironically — is sent to While some may argue that we work long developing countries such as Haiti and given to and hard to earn our money and should thus people who may have made the clothes in the be able to choose what we spend it on, the first place. Donated garments also erode these goods we purchase have an extensive moral local economies and cultures because local price tag. The consequences of fast fashion businesses cannot compete with free. When particularly harm our fellow human beings these businesses ultimately fail, cultures lose and the environment. the traditional clothing they produced.

Just because we, as consumers, do not Fast fashion has invisible but costly witness the atrocities of the factories in which consequences. Our constant desire for new our garments are manufactured does not mean things perpetuate this cycle of abuse. While we are not inadvertently harming people we the clothing production industry is a major do not know. On a macro level, fast fashion example of social, environmental and economic increases the widening gap between wealthy injustices, these issues extend beyond the developed countries and poor developing ones. clothing. Almost everything we own was made American and European retail companies in a factory: blankets, desk lamps, trash cans prey on developing countries as they take and even our beloved iPhones. We cannot advantage of outsourcing cheap labor. Factory forget that there are many hands behind the owners in countries such as China, Vietnam, manufacture of these products. As customers, Thailand and Bangladesh are pushed into a we hold immense power because we have the corner when clothing companies need larger capacity to decide what we want to buy or, orders in a shorter time frame and at an even better, decide that we want to buy less. increasingly lower cost. If the owner refuses, As consumers, we have the ability to take social retail companies can easily find another factory responsibility for our purchases. eager to meet their needs. Meanwhile, prices We can start by decreasing our addiction to continue to decrease, allowing us to purchase fast fashion and impulse buys, mitigating some more and more. of the consequences and saving some of our On a micro level, fast fashion hurts hard-earned money. While choosing to purchase individuals in developing countries who clothing from socially conscious brands such as have no better prospects than factory work. Everlane or Patagonia rather than fast fashion Workers have high production targets, which stores like Forever 21 and H&M is a step in the may require them to work overtime without right direction, the better — and cheaper — pay, foregoing bathroom and water breaks to actions are to buy gently-worn clothing from reach these targets. They often suffer from thrift shops and to own less quantities of clothing malnutrition and ill health as they continue to worn over a longer period of time.

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DARTMOUTHEVENTS

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

LIBERTY AT REST

CAROLINE COOK ’21

TODAY

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

ICE Special Seminar: “Ancient Maya Numbers and the Measure of Time,” with Colgate University professor Anthony Aveni, Wilder Hall 101

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Seminar: “Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection,” with physics and astronomy professor Yi-Hsin Liu, Wilder Hall 202

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Lecture: “Democracy: Are We Still For It?” with Georgetown University professor Jason Brennan, Rockefeller Center 003

TOMORROW

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Lecture: “Loons in the Wild,” with Vermont Loon Conservation Project biologist Eric Hanson, Howe Library

3:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Conference: “Selfies: Autobiographie, Autoportrait, Autofiction,” hosted by the French and Italian department, Silsby Hall 28

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Film: “I Know a Man … Ashley Bryan,” directed by Richard Kane and Melody Lewis-Kane, Rockefeller Center 003

Chin: Methods to address sexual assault FROM CHIN PAGE 4

life that it has become effectively invisible.

We can fix the immediate problem of representation in Hollywood by creating spaces for female directors and mediating the often gendered relationship between directors and actors, particularly non-male actors. Because there are so few female directors, this creates a power structure in which men are frequently the ones who direct women.

But the rage and sympathy we feel for Hollywood actors who were victims of sexual assault should remind us of a more widespread problem. Hollywood women are not the only people who face sexual harassment and violence. The privileged nature of this particular

campaign is evident in McGowan’s tweet (which she has since apologized for) in response to English late night television host James Corden’s jokes about Weinstein at the amfAR gala, saying, “This is rich famous Hollywood white male privilege in action. Replace the world ‘women’ w/ the ‘n’ word. How does it feel?”

In this statement, McGowan makes invisible the existence of black women, ignoring the plight of women of color in favor of white Hollywood women. Yet this is a problem that permeates all of society, as shown by the women who came forward with allegations against Trump, Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas and the everyday experiences of “regular” women.

Media focuses on the fact that the current allegations involve

“household names” — but why do women have to be famous for their trauma to matter? Even within Hollywood, society often affords its energy to secondary issues — the treatment of female characters on television instead of the real women who play them. In general, the project to eliminate sexual assault in Hollywood must be a small piece of reducing sexual assault for all women instead of becoming what it could easily become — a project of white feminism or mainstream feminism that only uplifts women who are, relatively speaking, already privileged. Just as the fictional world of films is merely an echo of the real Hollywood actors and directors who star and produce them, the Hollywood world is merely the visible surface of a much deeper problem concerning women everywhere.

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Review: ‘The Snowman’ lacks thrills in front of and behind the camera.

But then we rapidly slip back into The Dartmouth Staff the land of pure befuddlement.

Have you ever wondered what The worst offender is the David Fincher’s “Se7en” would be subplot involving J.K. Simmons’s like if it were surprisingly tame and Arve Støp, a businessman trying to absolutely atrocious? Of course secure Oslo’s position as the host you haven’t! Nobody has! But for a major winter sporting event. that’s exactly what the big screen In all fairness, Simmons is rather adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s bestselling delightful; he’s the only actor who book “The Snowman” feels like. looks entirely comfortable with the Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) chaos surrounding him. It’s not that w o rk s f o r t h e O s l o Po l i c e I think he has any idea about what’s Department as a classic loose- going on, it’s just that I don’t think cannon detective. He doesn’t like he cares. That said, his subplot to play by the rules, and sometimes lacks a proper resolution. In fact, it he goes rogue was so poorly (insert air quotes h a n d l e d “Have you ever w h e r e v e r yo u that I’m not like). At least, wondered what David entirely sure this is what the Fincher’s ‘Se7en’ if a major film wants you character is to believe about would be like if it were dead or alive him. In reality, surprisingly tame and by t h e e n d Hole comes of the film across less like a absolutely atrocious?” and, frankly, walking, talking I’m not sure stick of dynamite that I care. and more like This subplot, a forlorn puppy who has the though, is also emblematic of the occasional temper tantrum when film’s larger problem. It’s possible he isn’t fed punctually. Alongside that the screenplay failed to provide new recruit Katrine (Rebecca any resolution to Støp’s story, or Ferguson), Hole starts investigating maybe those scenes were simply a series of disappearances, which never filmed. Either way, it would eventually evolves into a full-blown have been advisable for the editors manhunt for a serial killer. The to dramatically decrease killer’s modus operandi? Creepy Simmons’ screen time, snowmen at the crime scenes. I but I can also understand shiver with fear. why they didn’t want to Admittedly, the premise is a do that. He is, after all, tad silly, but there is also a lot of the best thing in the film. potential here. For one thing, I hear And that’s why part of me Nesbø’s book is excellent; likewise, feels so sorry for this film; most of the film’s cast and crew every aspect feels like are noticeably talented. Besides, I the product of a no-win love a good murder mystery, so I scenario. was genuinely looking forward to Thus, it’s really no this film. Alas, it was not meant to sur prise that all of be. the actors (aside from In response to the film’s chilly (see Simmons, of course) what I did there?) critical reception, l o o k u t t e r l y l o s t . director Tomas Alfredson has We’re introduced to admitted that around 15 percent Fassbender’s character of the screenplay simply wasn’t as he sleeps off a night of shot. I’m not entirely sure how heavy drinking, whiskey one simply forgets to shoot such bottle still clutched in a large percentage of the story, his hand. Sadly, I’m not but the point is that it shows. The sure Fassbender ever entire film is riddled with artistic manages to recover from decisions that simply don’t make that hangover. Worse sense — until you realize that they still is poor Val Kilmer, probably aren’t decisions so much whose health has been as necessary sutures to cover for of real concern recently. the missing footage.

It pains me to think The problems begin with the very that while he could be first scene, which is conceptually resting and recovering, simple until the editing hacks it to he’s making glorified pieces, transforming the onscreen cameos in films like this. events into a nigh incomprehensible Save your strength for mess. The rest of the film is not “Top Gun 2,” Kilmer! better; baffling moment is followed You’re going to need it by baffling moment as the audience if you plan to sport that slowly feels its patience draining. awesome hairdo again.

Every once in a while, there is a Despite my copious competent scene that reminds the criticisms, I’ll admit viewer of the immense talent both that the film is such a

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trainwreck that it almost becomes entertaining. However, the film never really entered the realm of “guilty pleasure” because it took me a grand total of two minutes to guess the identity of the killer as well as his or her motivations. Thus, I was stuck watching a murder mystery — minus the mystery. Worse still is the way those murders perpetuate the trope involving a serial killer who kills women because he or she doesn’t approve of them for rational reason. Not only does this seem sexist, it’s such a well-worn cliché that a new angle is desperately needed to make it even remotely interesting.

As I was leaving the theater I heard a woman behind me say, “I thought that was great! I don’t know what all the critics were complaining about.” I had to chuckle, and I wondered if she might be right.

No, I most certainly did not agree with her assessment about the film’s “greatness,” but it’s also not like I enjoyed picking it apart. I wanted to see these filmmakers and these actors do good work and hope that in the future they will. I have no desire to dictate your movie-going life, but if I were you, I’d go see “Battle of the Sexes” instead. It’s fun, beautiful and exhilarating. Everything that “The Snowman” is not.

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Che ‘Rhymefest’ Smith visits campus, hosts workshop this week

By SAVANNAH MILLER The Dartmouth

This week, Che “Rhymefest” Smith will be conducting a student workshop on campus. Smith is a Grammy-winning hip-hop artist from Chicago. He has collaborated with and written for several artists, most notably Kanye West on his song “Jesus Walks.” He is also a philanthropist, activist and politician dedicated to opening up conversations about race and youth in America.

While on campus, Smith will be offering a workshop in three parts.

Today, students will work with Smith through the process of writing music and lyrics that convey stories and personal narratives with him.

The following day, the group will begin crafting a short composition for the lyrics from the previous day that conveys the emotion of the piece. On Thursday, the workshop will focus on preparing the piece for performance the next day. The three-day workshop culminates in a performance on Friday.

Though this workshop does end with the students creating a piece of music, participants do not need to have a background in songwriting or

playing an instrument to participate.

What is important are the ideas students bring to discuss.

While Smith previously came to Dartmouth in April 2016, this is the first time he is coming as a Montgomery Fellow. Founded in 1977, the Montgomery Fellows Program is dedicated to bringing inspiring individuals and role models from academic and non-academic worlds to the College. These fellows interact with students, hold workshops, give interactive lectures and contribute to the Dartmouth community by raising discussions about important topics.

This workshop is continuing Smith’s trend of speaking to and working with youth to foster conversations about race. In 2016, Smith came to campus and screened his documentary “In My Father’s House,” which followed Smith as he set out to reconnect with his father, who had abandoned him 20 years before. The artist spoke with viewers after the screening and held a short concert the following day.

Klaus Milich, director of the Montgomery Fellows Program, is excited to have Smith back on campus to continue the dialogue about race and diversity the program

has been fostering.

“The College is deeply dedicated to inclusion and diversity, and so we all — across campus, no matter what department, no matter what center, no matter what institution on campus — always think about ‘What can I do to meet the requirements of what inclusion and diversity means to us?’” he said.

M o n t g o m e r y Fe l l ow s a re nominated by multiple members of the Dartmouth community.

The program received letters of nomination on Smith’s behalf from professors, those involved with the housing community system, the Tucker Foundation and the Hopkins Center for the Arts film department.

Sydney Stowe, acting director of film at the Hop, praised this aspect of the program.

“What’s really interesting with [the Montgomery Fellows Program] is that they like to invite someone who has cross-campus support,” she said. “There were a lot of people excited to welcome him back.”

Stowe said that Smith’s previous visit made her want to bring the artist back to campus. Stowe was pleasantly surprised to learn about Smith’s philanthropy in Chicago and to see him interact with

Dartmouth students at his screening.

“What I saw was that there was so much more to him than I knew,” she said. “When he left, all I could think about was, ‘I wish he’d been here longer.’”

Smith’s workshop will focus on the same issues that he has spent his career bringing to light.

Smith has a deep dedication to highlighting issues faced by the African-American community, especially juveniles within that community. He is dedicated to using his music and art to raise awareness about such issues, a fact that Milich described as a novel way to reach a wider audience.

“Art and music is one way to shed light on certain aspects of society, on certain problems,” Milich said. “He tries to look at the whole issue of race and race problems and race matters through art because he believes that art is also a form of talking about it.”

Stowe believes bringing individuals like Smith to campus to talk about issues of race and society allows Dartmouth students to experience people with backgrounds very different from their own.

“He brings a perspective that I don’t know how often college

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Students attended a night of fashion and art in celebration of LatinX Heritage Month at Collis Common Ground on Friday, Oct. 20.

students would have experienced, or even college administrators,” she said. “We all label someone, and then we sit down with them and realize we have these things in common.”

In addition to Smith, the College is also hosting Rhodessa Jones, another Montgomery Fellow. Jones is an actress, teacher and writer.

She is also the founder and director of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, a project that brings art to those in prison in the hopes of keeping them from returning there upon release.

Jones has also partnered with the University of California at San Francisco’s Women’s HIV Clinic to shed light on the problems faced by women living with HIV. Milich believes having both Jones and Smith on campus at the same time will further encourage the College to discuss issues of diversity.

While he recognizes the two artists are from very different disciplines — Smith is a musician, and Jones is an actress — he knows they are more alike than dislike in their views and concerns.

“Both are dee ply, dee ply dedicated to Black Lives Matter and to questions and issues of race,” Milich said. “Both are artists that do not only talk to AfricanAmerican students. They talk to the entire society — that, I think, is important.”

Milich, Stowe and those involved in the Montgomery Fellows Program are eager to see what Smith brings to the Dartmouth community during his short stay on campus. Moreover, Stowe hopes his workshop will encourage students to branch out and talk about the differences they have and grow as a result of those conversations.

“He is really about exposing young people to everyone else’s worlds because he believes that makes you a better global citizen,” Stowe said.

Milich expressed appreciation for artists like Smith and Jones that expose individuals to those kinds of worlds.

“We are a multicultural society, and we have to talk about it, and that is what social justice also means, to talk about it, to come to terms with it in the most positive sense,” he said.

“I think this is just one little step to it, but we have to bring it up again and again; we have to talk about it over and over again.”